Lagos State Police Commad said on Wednesday that divers were making a concerted efforts to recover the body of a 30-year-old man who allegedly drowned at the Elegushi Beach, Lagos, where he had gone for prayers.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Wednesday in Lagos.
He explained that a report to the police showed that the man, simply identified as Samuel, had gone to pray at the beach in company of his friends.
Hundeyin stated that the case was reported to the Ilasan Police Division at about 7.20 a.m. on Tuesday by a man whose name was not mentioned.
He noted that the man’s report revealed that on Tuesday, at midnight, he and three of his friends left Igbesan in Ogun to Elegushi Beach, Lekki for prayers.
The PPRO went further that the report revealed that during the prayer session, at about 4.00 a.m., one of the friends, named Samuel, 30, allegedly drowned.
“The scene was promptly visited by detectives of the division and effort is in progress by divers to recover the corpse.
“The family members of the deceased have been contacted and the investigation is ongoing,” he said.
